Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of unendurable English : a compendium of mistakes in grammar, usage, and spelling : with commentary on lexicographers and linguists
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xvi, 456 pages ; 23 cm
A comprehensive disctionary of common misusages illustrates the right way and the wrong way to use language and explores why dictionaries do not always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word
"Previously published as The dictionary of disagreeable English ... has been updated, revised, enlarged, and redesigned"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-456)
Prologue. The decline of the dictionary ; Remarks about the "Usage notes" in the New Oxford American dictionary -- Imprecation -- The dictionary of unendurable English -- Language craven : a definition -- Appendix A. Mock Merriam -- Appendix B. The Fiske ranking of college dictionaries -- Appendix C. Write to a laxicographer [sic]
A comprehensive disctionary of common misusages illustrates the right way and the wrong way to use language and explores why dictionaries do not always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word
"Previously published as The dictionary of disagreeable English ... has been updated, revised, enlarged, and redesigned"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-456)
Prologue. The decline of the dictionary ; Remarks about the "Usage notes" in the New Oxford American dictionary -- Imprecation -- The dictionary of unendurable English -- Language craven : a definition -- Appendix A. Mock Merriam -- Appendix B. The Fiske ranking of college dictionaries -- Appendix C. Write to a laxicographer [sic]
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